Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.
This week, Heretic, the new horror thriller from A Quiet Place writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and starring Hugh Grant (Love Actually) and Sophie Thatcher (Companion), arrives on Max following its theatrical premiere in November 2024. Theres plenty of other exciting releases to choose from this week, like the rom-com horror thriller Heart Eyes on VOD, the horror comedy Rumours on Paramount Plus, and the folk horror film Starve Acre starring Matt Smith (Doctor Who) on Shudder. What can I say, its an abnormally spooky week!
Heres everything new thats available to watch this weekend!
New on Hulu Hellboy: The Crooked ManWhere to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Millennium Media, Dark Horse EntertainmentGenre: Superhero (dark)Run time: 1h 39mDirector: Brian TaylorCast: Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph
This stand-alone adaptation of Mike Mignolas acclaimed Hellboy comics stars Jack Kesy as the eponymous paranormal investigator/monster fighter as he faces off against a terrifying new threat. The film follows Hellboy and his colleague Bobbie Jo Song (Adeline Rudolph) as they fight against the Crooked Man, a malevolent agent of the devil hell-bent on wreaking chaos on Earth.
From our review:
Hellboy: The Crooked Man has lots of piecemeal problems, but theres a bigger conceptual mistake here that should serve as a warning to anyone trying to reboot Mike Mignolas comic as a film franchise for a fourth time. Filmmakers need to stop trying to directly adapt Hellboy stories into feature-length movies constructed around visual realism. It does the character — indeed, the entire concept — a disservice.
New on Max HereticWhere to watch: Available to stream on Max
Image: A24/Everett CollectionGenre: Horror thrillerRun time: 1h 51mDirectors: Scott Beck, Bryan WoodsCast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
Stop me if youve heard this one: Two Mormon missionaries walk into a mans house right before a snowstorm. After realizing theyve been trapped, the missionaries are forced to participate in a twisted game for survival or be executed. No, youve never heard that one before? Well then, you gotta watch this — its wild!
New on Prime Video Picture ThisWhere to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Genre: Romantic comedyRun time: 1h 41mDirector: Prarthana MohanCast: Simone Ashley, Anoushka Chadha, Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Bridgertons Simone Ashley leads this romantic comedy as a single woman who reluctantly agrees to be set up on five different blind dates by her friends and family in order to find someone to take to her sisters wedding. While she goes on this reality TV show-esque escapade, she also reconnects with a handsome ex-boyfriend. This movie is a remake of another Prime Video movie that didnt even come out that long ago, with almost the same exact concept except with an Australian Chinese woman instead of an English Indian one.
New on Paramount Plus RumoursWhere to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus
Genre: Comedy horrorRun time: 1h 44mDirectors: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy MaddinCast: Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet
A group of (fictional) world leaders, like the chancellor of Germany, the president of the United States, and the prime minister of the United Kingdom, gather at a summit… only to get lost in zombie-infested woods. And hunted by a giant brain. Talk about a bad time only getting worse. The horror comedy stars Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance and first premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
New on Shudder Starve AcreWhere to watch: Available to stream on Shudder
Image: Brainstorm MediaGenre: Horror fantasyRun time: 1h 38mDirector: Daniel KokotajloCast: Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Arthur Shaw
Matt Smith stars in this folk horror fantasy as Richard, an archaeologist and a father living on an ancestral plot of land with his wife, Juliette (Morfydd Clark). When their son, Owen (Arthur Shaw), begins to act erratically, Richard finds himself delving deeper into the mythic folklore associated with an ancient oak tree on his property, which inadvertently awakens ancient evil that sweeps across the land.
New to rent Heart EyesWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Sony Pictures Releasing/Everett CollectionGenre: Rom-com slasherRun time: 1h 37mDirector: Josh RubenCast: Mason Gooding, Olivia Holt, Gigi Zumbado
Fans of Happy Death Day and holiday-themed horror movies will get a kick out of Werewolves Within director Josh Rubens latest slasher. After being mistaken for a couple, co-workers Ally (Olivia Holt) and Jay (Mason Gooding) must work together to escape Heart Eyes, a sadistic serial killer whose modus operandi is targeting happy couples. And on Valentines Day, no less!
VermiglioWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Janus FilmsGenre: Historical dramaRun time: 1h 59mDirector: Maura DelperoCast: Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi
This Italian film follows one year in the lives of a family living in a remote mountain village in the Italian Alps. Its 1944, and the local teachers family takes in an army deserter. When that deserter falls in love with the teachers daughter, the lives of everyone in the village are upended. Vermiglio won the Grand Jury Prize at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.